Indeed, The only way to deprogram is with nature. The more time you spend with it the less all the commotion and politics of the world matter. I do some homesteading myself and i'm often put-down as someone who is wasting time on plants and birds - that i can do so much "more" with my life... but its this exact pressure and expectations that bring me back to nature time and time again. My Father spent his 30's building a farm (mainly a rose plantation, but also with cows, goats, dogs, fruit trees, etc) back in the USSR... i think these were some of the happiest days for him... and then when he switched to multi-level marketing he did really well, but kept saying that life is a spiral, and that he will end-up on a farm again just a better one :)